Warm-up: Random Fact Friday!

1. Who composed Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?

2. What mammal in Florida can only survive in water warmer than 68°F?

3. What’s the answer to this: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =

TURN IN YOUR WARM-UP SHEET!!

12,345,678,987,654,321

The End of WWIIhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32010503

Warm-up: Describe what happened at Iwo Jima (from video)

United Nations is formed

End of WWII

Formation of the United Nations In January of 1942, representatives

of 26 nations pledged they would continue fighting the Axis Powers of World War II.

This eventually became the United Nations

United Nations Today

Functions: Maintain peace and

security for all of its member states

Aims to protect human rights and provide humanitarian assistance when needed

Help with social and economic development

Liberating the Concentration Camps

END of WWII

Liberating the Concentration Camps

In the final months of the war, Allied armies discovered hundreds of concentration camps established by the Nazis throughout Europe.

In the camps Jews, Slavs, and others deemed undesirable by the Nazis had been used as slave labor or murdered.

The Allies also uncovered evidence of mass executions elsewhere.

Altogether about six million Jews and millions of other people were put to death at the hands of the Nazis.

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Dachau Auschwitz

Liberation of Concentration Camps

Animated Map: Jewish migration

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Germany is DividedEnd of WWII

Division of Germany

Germany was stripped of its conquests and was partitioned into four zones controlled by the Allied Powers (Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, France)

The city of Berlin was also divided.

Nuremberg Trials

Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military trials , held by the Allied forces of World War II.

Most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany.

Nuremberg Trials

There were other courts that tried individuals responsible at the camp level.

Gas master Supervisor of “selection Process” SS staff at various camps

Trial footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcudlm6t

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JapanEnd of WWII

Occupation of Japan

The U.S. occupied Japan from August 1945 to April 1952.

(We still have bases in Japan)

Occupation of Japan

Japan basically lost all the territory acquired after 1894.

Occupation of Japan

War crime trials were held. Over 500 military officers committed suicide right after Japan surrendered, and many hundreds more were executed for committing war crimes. Emperor Showa was not declared a war criminal.

Occupation of Japan

A new constitution went into effect in 1947: The emperor lost all political and military

power, and was solely made the symbol of the state.

Universal suffrage was introduced and human rights were guaranteed.

Japan was also forbidden to ever lead a war again or to maintain an army.

StatisticsEnd of WWII

End of war

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Asian Holocaust

http://www.asianholocaust.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7yDOXGmtro

Animated Map = summary of the war in Europe

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